Running System Monitor

System Monitor (Performance Monitor in Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0) collects information from Microsoft SQL Server™ using remote procedure calls (RPC). Any user who has Microsoft Windows® 2000 permissions to run System Monitor can use it to monitor SQL Server.

Note  When using either System Monitor or Performance Monitor, you cannot connect to an instance of SQL Server running on Microsoft Windows 98.

As with all performance monitoring tools, expect some performance overhead when monitoring SQL Server with System Monitor. The actual overhead in any specific instance will depend on the hardware platform, the number of counters, and the selected update interval. However, the integration of System Monitor with SQL Server is designed to minimize the impact.

To start System Monitor